The Best Cover Songs of May 2025

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Jun 022025
 
Best Cover Songs of May
Chewy Rodriguez — Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift cover)

This beautiful performance aired on South Dakota Public Broadcasting and, as of this writing, has 81 views, half of which are mine. (To be fair, presumably more people saw it when it aired on actual TV). But this Sioux Falls singer-songwriters beautiful Taylor Swift cover deserves a far bigger audience. It’s simply done, no frills or gimmicks, but he sells the hell out of it. Continue reading »

Wren Kitz Uses Blown-Out Cassettes and Processed Guitar on Trippy “Cortez the Killer” Cover

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Mar 202020
 
wren kitz cortez

A couple weeks ago, a Virginia record label released Look Out for my Love, a new Neil Young tribute album to raise money for RAICES (the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services). Highlights abound as indie artists cover Neil’s hits and deep cuts, but no song stands out as much as the closing track, a weird and wooly version of “Cortez the Killer” by Vermont experimental musician Wren Kitz. Continue reading »